District 5 candidate Scott Silveira speaks during a candidates question-and-answer session on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at the Merced County Association of Realtors meeting. Thaddeus Millertmiller@mercedsunstar.com

District 5 candidate Scott Silveira speaks during a candidates question-and-answer session on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at the Merced County Association of Realtors meeting. Thaddeus Millertmiller@mercedsunstar.com

Here's who's giving money to the Merced County supervisor candidates

One candidate for District 5 of the Merced County Board of Supervisors has received about three times the amount of campaign donations compared to his opponents, according to county records.

Dairyman and Los Banos City Councilmember Scott Silveira has pulled in more than $59,000 in cash and non-monetary contributions, according to records required by the Merced County Registrar of Voters Office.

The candidate closest to Silveira in donations is Patricia Ramos Anderson, the director of the Santa Nella County Water District, who also retired from the city of San Jose. She's drawn more than $19,000.

The other two candidates vying for the seat, business owner Richard De La Paz Jr. and law clerk Lea Hernandez Holguin, have raised less than $5,000 each, not counting loans.

Silveira got $3,000 donations each from Apercen Partners and RC Property Management LLC. A single donation of $2,000 came from Malakan Diamond Company, and Silveira Brothers Farm and Amin Salkhi each donated $1,500.

Donations of $1,000 each to Ramos Anderson came from Laborers International Union of North America Local No. 324 and Teresa Ramos.

De La Paz's biggest contributor was Straw Hat Pizza, which gave $1,000 of the more than $4,000 he's raised.. He also loaned himself $15,000 through his business, DLP Real Estate, according to filing records.

Hernandez Holguin's roughly $2,700 in campaign contributions came primarily from her own pocket, according to records.